Third Year 2nd Semester
Posted on November 12, 2007 at 15:57 Down the Drain
Whew, school’s here again. I’m in our computer laboratory taking the opportunity that there are still no formal classes. My classmates are again singing their hearts out via lyrics found in the Internet. John Paul’s been showcasing his voice again. It’s not actually bad, but it sure is funny on how he ‘uses’ it. Last night we went to our ex-dormmate’s (who’s now a teacher) boarding house to celebrate our dormmate’s birthday. One of our CS teachers (whom I saw at Robinson’s Place last Saturday with a date, hehe) also resides in the same house so we were able to have a little chat with her. We ate Piaya, Valenciano Valenciana, and Buko Pie.
The Miss Earth 2007 Coronation Night was last night and it was held in UP Theater again. Last year it was in some sort of government building very open to the public that a hired sniper could easily kill a number of contestants. The male host was VJ Utt of MTV Asia. If you don’t happen to know, like me, he’s a Thai. The candidate from Thailand got in the Top 8 and when she got interviewed, her interpreter was not able to do her job! In fact, she even looked more scared. I’m guessing she was intimidated by Utt’s presence. Blah. Good thing, for the MTV host was there to do the job instead. For today’s happenings, err, I knew from Ben, when I was falling in line at Heaven’s Bliss for lunch, that the new curriculum for our course will no longer include the legendary Math Series — Calculus — 53, 54, and 55. Math100, a somewhat ‘compressed’ version of the three subjects, will take its place. Is it unfair or what? *gonna go and tell my classmates (evul grin)*
STARDUST
Posted on November 11, 2007 at 14:31 Down the Drain
Yesterday I went to the city of Iloilo to buy some groceries. I always do so at SM, since I have an SM Advantage Card. It would’ve been perfect except for one thing — I forgot to bring the card. What I did to motivate myself from still buying without earning points was knowing the fact that a point is earned for every P200.00 purchase only. Turned out that I lost 5 points for that matter. After leaving the stuffs at the baggage counter, I watched Stardust with my classmate. When we got out of the cinema, we knew that her classmate and its (hehe) boyfriend had their seats behind ours all along. I really find it funny that they even had to wait for us to go out so that they could let us know that they were there from the start.
Tristan (Charlie Cox) is madly in love with Victoria (Sienna Miller), but Victoria is bound to marry Humphrey (Henry Cavill). One night, while drinking wine in the open air, they see a falling star. To prove that his love is real, Tristan promises Victoria to bring that star to her. Soon he finds out that the star is actually a girl named Yvaine (Claire Danes). As he journey back home, he realizes that he’s not the only one seeking the star. There’s the King’s (Peter O’Toole) three remaining living sons — that eventually became one — who need it to become the ‘legal’ successor of the crown as well as the witch Lamia (Michelle Pfeiffer), together with her two sisters, who needs it in order to achieve youth. As Tristan struggles to survive in the magical land which he crossed beyond borders, he will meet the legendary Captain Shakespeare (Robert De Niro), who turns out to be a wuss (Lol). As the battle over the star continues, Tristan realizes that true love cannot be bought by some shimmering object, and earns its real worth.
Naks! So how was the movie for me? On a rating with the highest as 10, I’d give it a 9.9. The story’s brilliant. Yes, it’s fantasy, but I’ve never seen anything like it before. The animations were great (it makes me further wonder if I can do even a puny inch of it after taking up Computer Science), it was really worth watching for me. Robert De Niro’s character is something to be really looked forward to — a strict and bold captain as you’ll see at first sight, but is actually a captain for hairstyling, fashion, and cooking also! The sole thing that made me not to perfect my rating was the way on how Lamia got killed. -_-
And oh, there’s a new animé I saw in ABS-CBN this morning that I think I’ll surely like and follow episode per episode — School Rumble! I just hope that it’ll stay during weekends as long as there’s still school!
